Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272124002699
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary
807 27TH AVE N, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55411 · (612) 668-2930 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
294 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
12.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
6.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
8.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary's state test result (8.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary this school | 304 | 96.7% | 8.9% |
| Cityview Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 239 | 90.0% | 10.3% |
| Northeast College Prep Charter Scho MINNEAPOLIS | 282 | 90.8% | 16.4% |
| Stonebridge World School MINNEAPOLIS | 240 | 85.4% | 11.3% |
| Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary COLUMBIA HEIGHTS | 227 | 90.7% | 24.0% |
| Hall Academy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 234 | 94.0% | 13.3% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #829 of 844 | #162 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.5% | #833 of 844 | #166 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #820 of 844 | #156 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #634 of 1,130 | #135 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #158 of 769 | #38 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #195 of 796 | #67 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #14 of 942 | #6 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.5% | #52 of 499 | #19 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
304
-64 (-17%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 9.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 304 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 97% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 20.2 | 12.8:1 | 90% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 20.8 | 9.7:1 | 96% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 37 | 9.9:1 | 93% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 47 | 9.7:1 | 98% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 46 | 10.8:1 | 96% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 97% (653) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 87% (502) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (457 to 304); teachers down 45% (47 to 26).
About Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 304 students.
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary is one school in Minneapolis Public School District, a system of 86 schools with 29,928 students.
Black students form the largest group at Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary, 49% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 9% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Native American. In Hennepin County overall, about 13% of residents are Black. Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 11.7 students per teacher and 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 97%. For comparison, public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 13.1%. Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary scores 8.9%, 4.2 points below that line.
Hennepin County has these Census figures: median household income is about $97,653, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary is among the 496 public schools in Hennepin County.
The closest public school to Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary is Unity Campus, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 304, 17% below the 368 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 11.7:1, from 9.9:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Minneapolis Public School District
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Nearby schools
- Unity Campus0.3 mi · 103
- MNIC Online Program0.3 mi · 134
- Prekindergarten North0.4 mi · 10
- Hmong International Elementary0.5 mi · 258
- MPS Online K-50.6 mi · 67
- Minneapolis Academy & Career Center0.6 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Nellie Stone Johnson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary?
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary enrolls approximately 304 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary serve?
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary?
Student demographics at Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary are roughly 9% White, 28% Hispanic, 49% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary in?
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary is part of Minneapolis Public School District.
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